jorge wrote:One other thing, if you can't hear the timing of the clave wavering try playing a guagua pattern along with the song. Even assuming that you have really steady timing yourself, you will find that you can't completely extinguish the clave every measure as you could if the clave timing were solid.
JohnnyConga wrote:...I don't hear anybody in the video NOT playing Rumba Clave properly.. but I see that they lack that "Rumba enthusiasm" that comes easy to some and harder for others..so they kinda sound 'behind' the drummers, as Gato looks for the right "Clavero"...
Gato was trying to sing at the beginning but had to stop to first find someone who could play clave right.
I don't agree however that the main focus is on the sound of the claves rather than the sloppiness of the clave playing.
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